Howdy yall! I'm very pleased to announce that I've finally worked my iPod cases up to the point that they're ready for the general populace. And I now have four of the li'l beauties available at my etsy store--3 skulls and a cupcake. So go check em out!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade flameswithin.etsy.com

And hopefully sometime soon I'll have cases available for other versions, such as the iPod Touch/iPhone and iPod Nano! If you'd like me to custom make you a case to fit your device, just let me know!

Cheers!
-P.

At last! New, from The Shallow End Press--the When You Are Squeezed shirts are NOW AVAILABLE at my Etsy store!!!

The prints came out really well--all the fine details of the original linocut printed true. The shirts are high quality Anvil raglan 3/4 length sleeve shirts, and they're printed with high quality waterbased ink, so the print is SUPER soft on the shirt; you'll never know it's there!

I hope you enjoy wearing them as much as I enjoyed making them!

-P.

After the movie party, I realized there were still a bunch of posters left. I don't really need them. I'd love to find good homes for them. Hmmm... But then, I've still got a bunch of beer coozies left as well... But then, I've still got a stack of these I Love You cards as well...

Hmm...

*LIGHTBULB!!!*

I'm gonna offer you folks the deal of a LIFETIME!
MIX AND MATCH $5 ART!!!!

THIS IS NOT A JOKE FOLKS! (you are assured) Filthy Phil of The Shallow End Press has gone CRAZY! He's offering YOU the chance to take ANY of these lovely HAND CRAFTED items home for only $5!!!!

That's right, just $5 for any one of these impossibly awesome products! And only $2 for shipping. Now I know what you're thinking: "but Filthy Phil, only $2 for shipping? That's stupid low! Like slackjawed, mouthbreathing low!"

You think that's low? Let me sweeten this deal for you. Take YOUR CHOICE of any TWO of these items for only $10!!!! And shipping? $1. Just one green American dollar. Now, I can year you. "HUH UH, OH NO HE DIDN'T. There's just no way he can go that low on shipping!" But I DID.

Now I bet you think this crazy ass liquidation sale couldn't possibly get better. You're dead wrong. Like disco-dead wrong. That's right. For a mere $15, you can own ALL THREE OF THESE AWESOME HAND CRAFTED OBJECTS! And you know what's even better? If you buy all three, I'M GONNA SHIP YOU THOSE EFFERS FOR FREE!!!!

$5	$5	$5

You heard it here folks, Filthy Phil has gone NUTZ, and he's offering you any of these fine printed items for $5, two for $10 or three for $15, and FREE shipping on purchases of all three!

Get 'em while supplies last!



(something is deeply wrong with my brain)

Kisses,
-P.

So, I worked on this image some more this weekend. I spraypainted the ground in, and was hoping to have some critters printed on that ground, but didn't quite get that far. Maybe this weekend. See the evening version here.



But, speaking of said critters, lol, I made this. I give you THE SOUTHEASTERN TITBULL!!!

"Behold the rare and majestic southeastern TITBULL!!! This noble (perky, some might say) creature spends its days grazing (er, somehow) in the fields of the south-eastern United States. But beware, this creature has a hypnotizing effect on men, and a number of fatalities are reported each year when some hapless young man wanders into a pasture and is bludgeoned by the Titbull's razor sharp horns. It is not to be trifled with!!!"

Hahahahahaha, this thing is awesome. The sky and ground are spraypainted, the creature itself is screenprinted. I've made 6 of these so far. If you'd like one, it can be purchased (inexpensively I might add) at my Etsy store.


Also, as I've worked on the print up top, I printed my little sun dude all on its own. I've only made three of these so far, and I'm keeping one myself, so there are two available. It, too, can be purchased (inexpensively, too) at--you guessed it--my Etsy store!

One love, y'all,
-P.

So, I wanted to thank everyone who offered insight on yummy things to eat for breakfast! I had to go grocery shopping the other day so I picked up some things to try.

I decided to go with yogurt and granola, and breakfast burritos as an alternative. I already had enough bacon and eggs to last a week, so I just picked up some tortillas, cheddar and jalapeños. Once the bacon's gone--and if this works for me--I'll probably switch to ham or maybe try veggie sausage patties (Boca sausage links are FOUL).

I haven't made the burritos yet, but I have tried the granola and yogurt and wow, that shit is GOOD! I was a little apprehensive about the idea at first, but not only is it delicious, it keeps me energized and full until 2 in the afternoon! Awesomesauce! I got vanilla yogurt, but next time I think I'll go with plain, because the vanilla ends up being so sweet I can only eat about half a bowl of it.

Thanks guys! :)


Oh, also, I have listed some of my I Love you hand cards on my Etsy store. Go buy 'em! :)

Laterz,
-P.

So, there's a trend going on among print shops these days, and that is one-of-a-kind overprints.

Lemme explain that real quick. When you're printing, it's useful to print off your image on some scrap paper to make sure everything's looking right, or use up some excess ink. Instead of using a clean sheet, it's more cost efficient to keep using the same sheets. So you basically have a ton of random images building up on top of each other.

*grin* Now, here's the thing. These sheets... They're literally our throwaway scraps. No thought or intention goes into these things. But, the fine art world being the boiling cauldron of snake oil that it is, someone out there convinced the art-buying public that these things are the hot new item, thus giving printmakers a way of making money off their TRASH.

But, Sometimes these things really do look awesome, heh. I've actually got an overprinted messenger bag I got when I still worked out at that other print shop last fall.

And, that being said, here I offer some overprints of my own, to you. LOL, great sales pitch, huh?

You can purchase them at my Etsy store. Let me know what you think of them!



Ok, I'll list a bunch more tomorrow. I gotta get to sleep now though. Night!
-P.

Hey! Pay it Forward folks! Your gift is done!!! I made a bunch of little Alabama postcards! The ink is still drying on the last few, so they won't be mailed till sometime next week. They're really neat. I varied up the colours throughout, so each one is a little bit different. There are two layers. The background really jumps out from a distance, and the foreground is best viewed up close, so it's pretty successful from wherever it's viewed. Not my best carving, admittedly, but I'm happy with the project as a whole.



Anybody want a hand printed Graduation Announcement? Free?
Now, speaking of cards, remember my graduation announcements I printed up in May? Well, I've still got a whole box of them sitting here collecting dust, and I'd love for anyone who wants one to have one. FREE. So, if you'd like one, just email me or leave your address in a comment and I'll mail you one. FREE! (Pay it forward folks, I'll probably stick one in your envelope regardless). If anyone wants to make small donations to cover the mailing of a few, I'll gladly take them, but that's completely optional. If you want a grad announcement, just tell me where to mail it, and it's yours :)

-P.

The New iPod, codenamed HOLY FUCK!!!!
Wow! I'm totally blown away by how sweet this device is! I currently have a 3 year old 20gb, b/w, 4th generation iPod. Old, but still works great. The battery lasts 8 hours (4 hours short of what it used to), but still going strong. My mom instilled an instinct in me as a kid to use expensive things (like cars, computers, etc) until they no longer function, until necessity forces you to replace them, so although DAMN I'd love one of these things, the voice that says "but I don't need it; mine works fine" still wins out.

But holy shit, dude, a full colour TOUCH screen iPod that plays music, videos and displays pictures, has a calender (pda functionality say what?), with wi-fi capabilities, i.e. internet and iTunes access is an incredible piece of technology, and I'm sold, I want one.

Other than the 'voice,' two other factors stay my hand at the mo, (1) I'd love to have an iPhone one day. I've been wanting a device that combined phone, pda, mp3 player and camera into ONE device for years, and now it's here, in the iPhone. Two fucking months after releasing the iPhone, though Apple released a newer version of it cheaper. I have the sense that I'd buy an iPod Touch and two months later, they'd announce I could get an iPhone with my current service, Verizon. I think Apple's playing a dangerous game with their product unveilings; each release gets better and better, making me (and I imagine others) hesitate on purchasing, into a kind of stasis.

(2) I'd love to hear from people who use Apple products on this one: Apple's the new big thing. Apple's working hard to release new, mind-blowing technology as quickly as possible, to keep one-upping themselves. But, are they still concerned about releasing quality products? I know I have several mac users on my flist, including at least two Apple store employees, what do you guys think?

Yours in nerdery,
-P.

Hey everyone! Alright, so here's the second shirt design I made. Just like the last one, it's a bona fide relief print printed directly to the shirt, only this time it's a woodcut rather than a linocut. It's also a larger image at approx 20x16 inches. The design reads "Life is Short - Bray Hard." -- For those that aren't print addicts, a brayer is the rubber roller used for rolling ink out onto a relief block before printing: it's what the hand is holding in the image. Again, these are for sale for the same low price of $20.

     

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Thanks for looking!!!

-P.

Hey guys :) I'm really glad to finally be posting these. Bill Fick got me and my buddy Brittain into printing our relief prints directly onto t-shirts. This is the first one I did: Good Vibrations :) More pictures and more info behind the cut.

     

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Thanks for looking!

-P.